Hurrah, the weekend!
Last weekend I got my assignments all handed in, so the last week has been all about catching up with life stuff. Unfortunately that hasn’t yet included comments on my blog or visiting people back yet — sorry! I got stressed out and I’m digging my way out of that now, but I plan to do some commenting and visiting tomorrow.
Right, time to talk about books. As usual, I’m linking up with Reading Reality’s Stacking the Shelves, Caffeinated Reviewer’s The Sunday Post, and the Sunday Salon over at Readerbuzz.
Books acquired this week:
As is my wont when I’ve been a bit stressed, I went totally overboard, so I’m going to split up my haul over the next couple of weeks. It’s hard to choose what to show off, so I’ll just pick a bit randomly. First off, here’s some of the non-fiction I picked up:
A bit of a mix, as ever! I wouldn’t have been that interested in The Ship Asunder, except that on a pure whim I read Seashaken Houses (a history of lighthouses in the UK) a while ago and really loved it. I wasn’t that interested in lighthouses, either, so I thought I’d give this a try.
And here’s some of the fiction I picked up:
Always love KJ Charles’ work, and I’ve heard really good things about If Found, Return To Hell. The other book is more of a whim, based on someone on Mastodon describing it as “garden fantasy”. Sounds perfect for a certain friend of mine, so I thought I’d give it a shot.
Posts from this week:
Here’s the usual roundup of reviews:
- Classic mystery: The Eye of Osiris, by R. Austin Freeman (4/5 stars)
- Ecological non-fiction: Ghosts in the Hedgerow: A Hedgehog Whodunnit, by Tom Moorhouse (3/5 stars)
- Fantasy novella: Mislaid in Parts Half-Known, by Seanan McGuire (3/5 stars)
- Philosophy: Spacecraft, by Tim Morton (1/5 stars)
- YA romance novella: Nick and Charlie, by Alice Oseman (2/5 stars)
I skipped Top Ten Tuesday this week, so there was just one other post:
What I’m reading:
First of all, let’s start with the books I’ve already read this week.
It’s been a lovely reading week. Howl’s Moving Castle was a reread, but my first time listening to the audiobook narrated by Kristin Atherton. It was lovely; highly recommended. I also had great fun last night with Honey & Pepper, and was sad when I finished it.
As for what I’m reading this weekend, I’m not sure. I’ve started on Lapidarium, one of my new books, and also If Found, Return to Hell. But where my whims will take me, no one can tell…
How’s everyone else doing?
Death in the Spires is an ARC right? And I’ve kept running across AJ Demas and wondered if I should try her out, but the summaries always make me concerned…
I already had the lighthouse book on my TBR and haven’t got hold of it yet, so I’ll just add the ship one too, because these are both topics that do interest me pretty much always. XD
Hmm, no? The paperback appears to be out (or at least, I have it, so it must be).
I liked Honey & Pepper quite a bit, for a bunch of reasons. I haven’t read anything else by her though.
I never expected to find a book about lighthouses so interesting, but I was enthralled. Mind you, I should be used to that with my brain by now…
Oh, it must have a different release date there (not uncommon). The e-book isn’t out for a few more days for me, and I think the publisher forgot Canada for the paper release because that edition isn’t showing up in any bookstores’ websites for me. The last newsletter said April 11. >.>
The ebook isn’t out here either. Wonder if there was a goof somewhere with the paperback release…
Maybe you got lucky and the store you got it from put it on the shelves early? (they aren’t supposed to do that but I’m no informer).
Garden fantasy sounds interesting! And don’t feel bad. It can be so hard to keep uo with the blog sometimes. I’ve been really struggling with that too lately…
Yeah, in the past I’ve burned myself out with it and all but disappeared sometimes, so I’m trying to just roll with it as much as I can. If anyone minds that I didn’t visit for a couple of weeks, they’re not the folks I want to hang out with anyway!
I’m sure I’ll review the garden fantasy book… when I eventually get to it, ahaha. I thought it sounded really intriguing, though, so I’m quite tempted to pick it up right away.
Amazon says I bought Victoria Finlay’s book on color in 2016, and I remember it (sort of) as pretty interesting. I’ve read several books on chiles and other New World foods that became important throughout the old world. That one, though, is new to me. Good book list!
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I’ve got her book about fabric on my wishlist as well, which is probably where I came across this one… I read a whole book about the colour blue recently, so it seemed to fit well with the theme, haha.
Yayy to having all your assignments done! Your book picks look interesting as always. I love seeing what you’ve got for us and they’re always catching my interest but I can’t seem to catch up! I love that you read more nonfiction when you’re stressed, because I’m the other way around and that makes me even slower with nonfiction!
Haha, I do read really fast, even when I’m stressed out! But we all find our own pace and that’s all that really matters.
The Secret Life of Stones? Sounds like a challenge for the author! Recently I’ve finished a history of Edwardian servants, a history of ordinary sailors in the 18th century, and just finished a historical fiction novel set during the English Civil War.
I don’t think so! There are all kinds of stories about precious and semiprecious stones, and even about plain old granite. Every rock has a story of its formation, and of what it has meant in different cultures and peoples, after all.
It’s difficult to keep all the balls in the air when things are busy. Something has to give and usually for me that means blogging has to fall to the side until I get caught up.
I’ve never heard the term garden fantasy but it sounds interesting!
Yeah, I’m just trying to get back into it now — slowly things seem to be getting back under control.
Looks like a lot of great reads! I’ve also heard good things about If Found Return to Hell. Enjoy!
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Thank you! I’m looking forward to that one.
I’m glad you were able to catch up on life after finishing all your assignments.
Lapidarium is now on my to-read list. My husband is a huge rockhound and a faceter as well, so he may want to read it, too. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
Thank you!
I’m enjoying Lapidarium so far, though it’s not as fast a read as I kinda expected!